"Floral album and ladies' companion with valuable advice for invalids", The C.G. Clark Co., New Haven, Connecticut, 1868

Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

Date

1868

GUSN

GUSN-258702

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The flower dictionary is interspersed with descriptions of Coe products such as Coe's Dyspepsia Cure and Coe's Cough Balsam. There is an 1868 calendar on the back cover. J.S. Hunt, drugs, patent medicines, dry goods in Sudbury, Massachusetts is advertised on the back cover.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
pharmacists
drugstores
flowers (plants)
books

Physical Descrption

1 book ; 4 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.076.01.02.009

Image Dimensions

4 1/4 x 2 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

New Haven (New Haven county, Connecticut)
Sudbury (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

books

Subjects

Patent medicines
Tonics (Medical preparations)
Flower language
Women

Description Level

Item

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